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There’s always something bizarre coming out of Saudi Arabia. It would be laughable if it wasn’t for the fact that these occurrences adversely affect women, in more ways than one.
So, it seems that sports should be forbidden for unmarried women...
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Until recently you would never have seen women presenting television programmes dressed from head to toe in the niqab or burqa. But on the Saudi religious channel Awtan...
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The Saudis have some sort of unquenchable blood lust the way they find any excuse to execute a man (or woman), even one who doesn’t happen to be a citizen.
Ali...
made popular Dec 8 2009
In case you did not figure it out, my title is ironic. The Saudi army is, of course, cause for hilarity. Saudi Arabia has no means of efficient self-defense and relies...
made popular Dec 8 2009
People often accuse teenagers of being politically apathetic. But history is full of stories of youth - for good or ill - who single-handily changed the course of...
made popular Dec 5 2009
Muslim pilgrims holding white umbrellas against the blazing sun clambered up a rocky desert hill for prayers Thursday during the annual hajj, following a day of...
made popular Nov 27 2009
For Muslims this week is one of the holiest, it is the week of the Hajj. Millions will descend to the most holiest site in Islam and perform the Hajj - one of the Five...
made popular Nov 25 2009
For years just an obscure fight raging in remote desert mountains, Yemen’s war with Shiite rebels has been dragged up to a new level, inflaming the rivalry...
made popular Nov 24 2009
Mr. Frevert is 22 years old. He is from Minneapolis. He had never set foot outside the United States until the day he flew to Saudi Arabia, where he became one of the...
made popular Nov 19 2009
For many Muslims it’s the journey of a lifetime: making the Hajj pilgrimage. Almost 3 million faithful, together, in the city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia. But this...
made popular Nov 17 2009
Saudi Arabia has evacuated 240 villages because of fighting with Yemeni rebels, the UN children’s fund has reported.
The Unicef statement said more than 50...
made popular Nov 14 2009
Some of the Saudi Royals.
Only three nations recognized the Taliban prior to September 11th, 2001: Pakistan, United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia.
Needless to say,...
made popular Nov 12 2009
Those Saudi leader know their priorities. After performing their daily duties as clients of the U.S. and enjoying the House of Saud-Zionist honeymoon, Saudi leaders are...
made popular Nov 12 2009
Saudi Arabia is experiencing a patriotic high. Saudi media is beeming with pride. Saudi Arabia’s armed forced are courageously fighting against Yemeni Hawthi...
made popular Nov 10 2009
Saudi Arabia said Monday it had captured 250 Yemeni rebels and regained control of a strategic mountain that straddles the border between the two countries after a...
made popular Nov 9 2009
The U.S. media will not notice and the U.S. government does not care - nor, in the case of the latter, should it. But Saudi Arabia - which is often outrageously...
made popular Nov 7 2009
The annual pilgrimage to Mecca recently took place. Muslims are required - as part of the Five Pillars - to do the Hajj, as it is known, once in their life if health...
made popular Nov 7 2009
Saudi Arabia said Friday it carried airstrikes against “infiltrators” from Yemen that were limited to areas inside Saudi territory, and vowed to continue...
made popular Nov 6 2009
Yemen’s civil war spilled into neighbouring Saudi Arabia for the first time yesterday when Shia gunmen shot dead a Saudi security officer in a cross-border...
made popular Nov 5 2009
A 22 year old man from Saudi Arabia has been awarded this death sentence, he is to be beheaded and crucified after he was found guilty of luring and raping kids from...
made popular Nov 5 2009
As millions of Muslims begin arriving in Mecca for this year’s pilgrimage, Saudi officials face a unique challenge: how to prevent this sacred rite from becoming an...
made popular Nov 4 2009
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